- Väzba: mäkká, brožovaná
- EAN: 9780857896872
- Jazyk: anglický
- ISBN: 9780857896872
- Dátum vydania: 17. novembra 2011
- Vydavateľstvo : Slovart
Last Man in Tower
Aravind Adiga
Twenty-first century Mumbai is a city of new money and soaring real estate, and property kingpin Dharmen Shah has grand plans for its future. His offer to buy and tear down a weathered tower block, making way for luxury apartments, will make each of
its residents rich - if all agree to sell. But not everyone wants to leave; many of the residents have lived there for a lifetime, many of them are no longer young. As tensions rise among the once civil neighbours, one by one those who oppose the off
er give way to the majority, until only one man stands in Shah's way: Masterji, a retired schoolteacher, once the most respected man in the building. Shah is a dangerous man to refuse, but as the demolition deadline looms, Masterji's neighbours - fri
ends who have become enemies, acquaintances turned co-conspirators - may stop at nothing to score their payday...
its residents rich - if all agree to sell. But not everyone wants to leave; many of the residents have lived there for a lifetime, many of them are no longer young. As tensions rise among the once civil neighbours, one by one those who oppose the off
er give way to the majority, until only one man stands in Shah's way: Masterji, a retired schoolteacher, once the most respected man in the building. Shah is a dangerous man to refuse, but as the demolition deadline looms, Masterji's neighbours - fri
ends who have become enemies, acquaintances turned co-conspirators - may stop at nothing to score their payday...
- Väzba: mäkká, brožovaná
- EAN: 9780857896872
- Jazyk: anglický
- ISBN: 9780857896872
- Dátum vydania: 17. novembra 2011
- Vydavateľstvo : Slovart
Twenty-first century Mumbai is a city of new money and soaring real estate, and property kingpin Dharmen Shah has grand plans for its future. His offer to buy and tear down a weathered tower block, making way for luxury apartments, will make each of
its residents rich - if all agree to sell. But not everyone wants to leave; many of the residents have lived there for a lifetime, many of them are no longer young. As tensions rise among the once civil neighbours, one by one those who oppose the off
er give way to the majority, until only one man stands in Shah's way: Masterji, a retired schoolteacher, once the most respected man in the building. Shah is a dangerous man to refuse, but as the demolition deadline looms, Masterji's neighbours - fri
ends who have become enemies, acquaintances turned co-conspirators - may stop at nothing to score their payday...
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